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	Pronouns
		Grammarians classify pronouns into several types, including the personal pronoun, the demonstrative pronoun, the interrogative pronoun, the indefinite pronoun, the relative pronoun, the reflexive pronoun, and the intensive pronoun.
		A possessive pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as a marker of possession.
		PERSON is either 1st (the speaker), 2nd (the person being spoken to), or 3rd (the person outside of the communication situation, who is being spoken about).
	newton.uor.edu /FacultyFolder/Rider/pronouns.htm (2221 words)

	What is a Pronoun?
		A subjective personal pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as the subject of the sentence.
		An objective personal pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as an object of a verb, compound verb, preposition, or infinitive phrase.
		The objective personal pronoun "her" is the direct object of the verb "forced" and the objective personal pronoun "him" is the object of the preposition "with."
	www.uottawa.ca /academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/pronouns.html (1683 words)

	§ 52. pronouns, personal. 1. Grammar. The American Heritage Book of English Usage. 1996
		A number of usage problems involving personal pronouns are questions of which case to use in a given situation.
		When pronouns joined by a conjunction occur as the object of a preposition such as between, according to, or like, many people use the nominative form where the traditional grammatical rule would require the objective.
		When pronouns are joined with other nouns or pronouns by and or or, there is a widespread tendency to use the objective form even when the phrase is the subject of the sentence: Robert and her are not speaking to each other.
	www.bartleby.com /64/C001/052.html (1365 words)

	English Grammar - PERSONAL PRONOUNS - Word Power
		Thus, I is referred to as the first person singular; we is referred to as the first person plural; you is referred to as the second person; he, she and it are referred to as the third person singular; and they is referred to as the third person plural.
		The pronoun he is used to refer to male antecedents, and the pronoun she is used to refer to female antecedents.
		The rules for the agreement of pronouns with their antecedents are the same for pronouns in the objective case as for the corresponding pronouns in the subjective case.
	www.wordpower.ws /grammar/gramch18.html (2226 words)

	Pronouns
		is a reflexive pronoun that intensifies, or emphasizes, the noun or pronoun it refers to.
		The form of a personal pronoun indicates its number (singular or plural), its person (first, second, third), its case (nominative, possessive, or objective), and its gender (masculine, feminine, or neuter).
		The person of a pronoun indicates whether that pronoun is speaking, is spoken to, or is spoken about.
	www.kahnwithak.com /pronouns.htm (483 words)

	PERSONAL PRONOUNS / LousyWriter.com teaches you how to write better and how to write correctly
		From analogy to pronouns, which have forms for person, nouns are sometimes spoken of as first or second person by their use; that is, if they are in apposition with a pronoun of the first or second person, they are said to have person by agreement.
		The personal pronouns in the objective case are often used reflexively; that is, referring to the same person as the subject of the accompanying verb.
		(3) As the precise equivalent of a personal pronoun; as,—
	www.lousywriter.com /pronouns_personal.php (2458 words)

	Pronouns
		They are called the first, second and third persons and refer to I, we; you; he, she, it, and they respectively.
		" Ο ίδιος is accompanied with the personal pronouns.
		Impersonal pronouns are called those, which are used for a person or a thing, which is not named, because one doesn't want to or does not know the name.
	www.geocities.com /alexandrosworld/Greek/Pronouns.html (1472 words)

	The Ancient Egypt Site - Middle Egyptian Grammar: Personal Pronouns
		The main use of the independent pronoun is as the subject of a non-verbal sentence where it is immediately followed by the nominal predicate.
		The dependent pronoun is a personal pronoun that depends on a preceding word or phrase.
		The gender of the suffix pronoun is that of the owner and not of the nound that precedes the suffix..
	www.ancient-egypt.org /language/grammar/pronouns_personal.html (719 words)

	Personal Pronouns in Spanish
		Personal pronouns in Spanish are used almost the same way as their English equivalents.
		In Spanish, a pronoun is only needed when refering to a third person (singular or plural) for proper identification purposes since it can be a "she", a "he" or even a formal second person singular.
		In those cases you will find that either the subject is identified through the use of the personal pronoun or name, or it has been identified in a previous sentence.
	www.indiana.edu /~call/reglas/pron_personales.html (240 words)

	LINGUIST List 7.1686: Personal Pronouns
		In (3) a 2nd sg pronoun is used as an indefinite pronoun: (3) Leckeren Kaese kannst du in dem Laden da nicht finden.
		A 1st pl pronoun is used for a 1st person sg reference in (5) and (6): 5) Wir haben gestern angeordnet, dass...
		Interestingly, the possessive pronoun which is coreferential with the proper name does not agree in the category of person, it is the 1st person possessive pronoun.
	www.ling.ed.ac.uk /linguist/issues/7/7-1686.html (3026 words)

	The Agreeable Russian Pronouns
		However, the 1st and 2nd person singular pronouns decline similarly and the 1st and 2nd plural decline similarly.
		Otherwise, when you use these pronouns in positions where case is required, just as you have to adjust the ending of the noun, you have to use the appropriate case form of the pronoun.
		The dative and prepositional forms are identical in the 1st and 2nd persons singular and the genitive, accusative, and prepositional are identical in the 1st and 2nd persons plural.
	www.alphadictionary.com /rusgrammar/pronoun.html (637 words)

	pronouns
		Personal pronouns: pronouns that stand for people and things; they must agree with their antecedents in number.
		There are three pronoun cases that indicate the relationship of the personal pronoun to a verb or preposition.
		Intensive pronoun: a pronoun that renames a noun or pronoun for emphasis.
	www.uncp.edu /home/canada/work/caneng/pronouns.htm (598 words)

	Hebrew Personal Pronouns
		These personal pronouns are sometimes referred to as “subject” or “independent” pronouns since they 1) function as subjects in clauses (where an implied verb “to be” is implied), and 2) they stand alone without further inflections (i.e., they are independent).
		In these cases it is not necessary to translate these pronouns (though it is optional, of course - you could translate the first example as “The father, he is the king,” and the second as “The Torah, it is truth,” but it is simpler to leave them untranslated in English).
		In Hebrew, this form of expression is normally communicated using the personal pronoun in conjunction with a verb, for emphasis.
	www.hebrew4christians.com /Grammar/Unit_Six/Personal_Pronouns/personal_pronouns.html (493 words)

	Pronouns
		The person of a pronoun is also demonstrated in the chart Cases of the Personal Pronouns.
		When a personal pronoun is connected by a conjunction to another noun or pronoun, its case does not change.
		When a pronoun and a noun are combined (which will happen with the plural first- and second-person pronouns), choose the case of the pronoun that would be appropriate if the noun were not there.
	grammar.ccc.commnet.edu /grammar/pronouns1.htm (1871 words)

	Stufun.com: Grammar: Pronouns: Personal Pronouns: Free Download sample exercise. Picture Dictionary. Mumbai Bombay ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Personal pronoun of the first person (I) refers to the person who is speaking.
		Personal pronoun of the second person (you) refers to the person to whom we are speaking.
		Personal pronoun of the third person (he) refers to the person about whom we are speaking.
	www.stufun.com /pronouns/personal.php3 (131 words)

	Pronouns
		Pronoun or Adjective Identify the function of the word in the sentence.
		Subject Pronouns: I, you, she, he, it, we, they are used as a subject or predicate noun.
		Personal pronouns are called personal because they indicate a person speaking, spoken to, or spoken about.
	www.esldesk.com /grammar/pronouns.htm (1141 words)

	Exploring Language: Word Class: Pronouns [English Online]
		Traditionally, a pronoun was said to be a word that stood for a noun, from the Latin pro, meaning "for" or "in place of".
		In the past, the masculine pronoun was considered adequate for all situations where the gender of the person was not specified:
		Pronoun gender is not an issue in Mâori, where there is only one word, ia, for "he" or "she".
	english.unitecnology.ac.nz /resources/resources/exp_lang/pronouns.html (1218 words)

	Personal pronouns and the reflexive pronoun se (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The reflexive pronouns se has no Nominative case because it refers to the subject of the clause and can not be itself a subject.
		The oblique cases of the Personal pronouns are used in the 1
		The personal pronouns are used in ablative mainly with the prepositions ab (ablativus auctoris) and cum (ablativus sociativus); when used with cum they are put after the prepositions and are contracted with it, cf.:
	www.orbilat.com /Languages/Latin/Grammar/Latin-Pronouns_personal_and_se.html (127 words)

	IHGG: Pronouns
		Pronouns are a class of words that function as substitute of a noun (+article) in referring to it.
		Pronouns such as ich, du, er, sie are to reference persons, things, etc. It is the form of the pronoun that generally defines which or who.
		There are the1st Person, speaking of himself or themselves;2nd Person, being the one addressed;3rd Person, being the person or thing of whom/which is being talked.
	www.travlang.com /languages/german/ihgg/pronoun0.html (367 words)

	Pronouns
		How to use personal pronoun cases as a test for subjects and objects.
		Personal pronouns are almost the only place in English grammar where 'case' is relevant.
		How to use personal pronoun cases as a test of whether a word is subject or object of a verb.
	www.phon.ucl.ac.uk /home/dick/tta/wc/pronouns.htm (506 words)

	Personal Pronouns in Chinese and English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Pronouns constitute a special class in Chinese with their peculiar characteristics that make a vague picture of the class.
		Based upon the case study and the sample statistics, this paper provides a detailed functional description of the personal pronoun, an important component of the class of the pronouns, which reveals the distribution and type of Chinese personal pronouns.
		Besides, the Chinese personal pronoun is compared with its English counterpart within the framework that consists of some pragmatic parameters, including (a) the social deixis, (b) inflection, (c) emphasis, (d) inclusiveness and (e) omission.
	www.unm.edu /~hdls/hdls-2/gugang.html (161 words)

	Grammar Handbook: Pronouns
		Personal pronouns are the most commonly used pronouns.
		Possessive pronouns are personal pronouns that show ownership or possession.
		Hint: When a pronoun is used in a sentence, it should always be clear to what or to whom the pronoun is referring.
	www.english.uiuc.edu /cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/grammar_handbook/pronouns.htm (179 words)

	Personal Pronouns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Think about the expression pronoun: a pronoun is something which stands for (pro) a noun.
		A personal pronoun stands in for a person or an object.
		Pronouns exist because they shorten speech: think of them as handy shortcuts.
	www.smcm.edu /french/resources/define/def_pron.htm (194 words)

	Personal Pronouns
		The object form of a pronoun is used the direct object (DO) of a verb to indicate someone or something that is acted on by the subject, as an indirect object (IO) to indicate to or for whom an action was done, or as the object of a preposition (OP).
		There are two types of possessive pronouns: one type is used as the modifier of a noun, while the other is used as a noun substitute.
		Reflexive pronouns are used to refer back to the subject and usually function as objects.
	www.sdstate.edu /writingcenter/personal_pronouns.htm (175 words)

	Lesson Tutor : Lesson Plans Grammar Grade 9 - Pronouns
		The pronoun is the second of the eight parts of speech.
		Pronouns take the place of nouns to name persons, places, things, or ideas.
		Note: Some indefinite pronouns are singular, some are plural, and some may be used as both singular and plural.
	www.lessontutor.com /eespronouns.html (336 words)

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